that's cdo, that's on securing the eye, there's a little eye, i think it's trying to reappear, that shows you this storm still means business. i mention the pressure still falling and it's all tracking off now to the north and north and west at about 20 miles per hour. we're still thinking fall some time in evening into the southern portions of new jersey. looks like that track jog just a little to the south during the overnight hours. that's not good news for us as this storm is going to be, certainly one for the recordbooks here as we get into the next couple days. here's your latest 85-mile an hour winds. north, northwest at 20, pressure way down, that is one impressive storm. there's your track path. notice it's a little further south than last night, looks like it comes in right across southern portions of new jersey and some of the computer models projected it could be in north central maryland some time tonight. that would not be good for us. that increases the chances for

hurricane-forced wind gusts across the northern tier of our viewing area as we get into the overnight hours tonight. that's when the worst will appear later this afternoon and particularly during the nighttime hours tonight. 26 your most recent wind gusts here in washington, 18 in leonard county. winds will be picking up, and it'll be worse later this evening. forecast, 54 today, chilly throughout, winds gusting to 70 miles per hour, yes, 70 miles per hour later this evening. as the storm makes land fall. rain heavy at times and becoming very windy. we have a high wind warning in effect until 8:00 tomorrow night. i want to mention, it's going to be very cool, in fact cold later tonight. make sure you have plenty of blankets. if you lose electricity, not top of warm you. that's a look at weather,ville more in a minute. >> thanks. we have live team coverage of the storm this morning, lauren demarco is live in ocean city. >> holly morris is live in annapolis, and melanie is

monitoring the situation in channeltilly. >> conditions continue to worsen this morning as heavy rain, high winds, and huge waste pound the coast. >> waves are already crashing over the shore's sea wall. they've taken out part of a fishing pier. roads are flooded, people are being urged to evacuate, lauren demarco is live in ocean city now with the latest, lauren, we really thought kicking up right around high tide just like you said, around 8:19, 8:20. >> reporter: of course, that high tide may particularly higher this morning because of the full moon, tucker ws saying about 5% higher. so definitely feeling the impact here. the waves very pretty wild. we did hear that offshore, waste about 21 feet here. eyeballing it, it looks to be upwards of 15 feet. as you were saying yes the water makes its way over the sea wall. there's about four to five inchings of water on the board walk itself right now. police and emergency vehicles

are still able to access that, they're actually driving on the board walk because it's easy i think to get around some of the roads are certainly flooded, a lot of high standing water right now. all of the roads shut down below 17th street, and that is the area that's under the mandatory evacuation. about 200 people we were told who choose to remain in their homes despite that mandatory evacuation, and police and fire crews have been out trying to get those folks to leave now and get out of this area, also the same story for some of the lower lying areas that are above 17 17th street but all the roads below are shut down. route 50 closed if you're trying to head into ocean city, you cannot access it from route 50. 90 is open at this point, both east and westbound so you can still access that for folks trying to head in now. of course we are seeing these major waves, also pretty heavy winds up to 40 miles per hour wind gusts. the good thing is, the rain has

been rather light. a light band that the time, we do see it come and go in bands where it gets heyier. the temperatures dropping, definitely cool, concern for anyone who's losing power, luckfully our hotel, we still have power, we did see however, i don't know if you could see, but lights along the board walk have gone out again. possibly shorting out there, and ocean city mayor, rick has been talking about some of the other concerns. not just along the atlantic coast. hear from him. >> our biggest concern again, i think is the, accuse me, is the surge, the water surge from the bayside. and the intensity of the storm, and the duration of the storm. if the storm turns into more of the nor'easter type of event and stays offshore, during numerous high tide cycles, that's going to cause us some problems. >> reporter: and of course we are in it for the long haul

now, as you said that fishing pier we saw some damage from that. we heard rumors, police were saying that they heard that the fishing pier was damaged. we were able to get out there. we'll have video, but we also have a photo that jason smith, our photographer took. so trying to keep on things for you here. and only expected to get worse. that is thelatest from ocean city, back to you in the studio. >> we can just leave your picture up for the entire day and really monitor the progress of the storm, thank you very much, we'll talk to you again. we continue our coverage now in virginia beach, virginia. >> that is where we find fox's jenny davis. she is there live with thus morning, jenny, tell us the latest from virginia beach. >> reporter: thy tony, good morning, the rain's picking up again. getting a little bit harder. we're seeing these winds that seem a little bit stronger as well. we understand they're sustained at 45 miles an hour with gust maybe 50 to 60. then take a look at the force of that ocean behind me. i know we've seen in previous

storms that foam that whips up, we're seeing a lot of that here and just these ominous waves, great force behind them. we've seen both police and city officials going back and forth here patrolling the area. keeping a very close eye on what's developing here. it has eaten up all of that sand. at this point, it is staying on the other side of the board walk. we do have also the offices and schools closed here. they've set up a few shelters as well because there are a lot of low lying areas and they're concerned about people there. i can tell you yesterday driving through intersections we did see a lot of standing water. we talked to one woman last night whose basement was flooded. they know what can happen if off storm for a couple hours here. this one is going to last a lot longer than that. they're still weary here. >> thank you very much. weevil talk to you again in a little bit. little closer to home now, annapolis, maryland, is where we find holly morris, good morning. >> reporter: good morning you, and you know there are some

residents that are coming out and brave elements as well. one guy walked by me and said you know what, it's great weather for ducks. he ain't lying, there they are out in the water here this morning. we're right down here at the city dock, and actually since we've been here this morning, this water has dropped. so a lot of people have been coming up, when i say a lot, i should say a handful. we haven't seen a lot of activity this morning. we've seen some people venturing out. they've all been coming up to look at the level of the water and for the most part, many have been like hmm, not too bad. in fact we have one family down here coming out and taking a look for themselves, getting out while they can. and really that is the key because though it isn't particularly horrible right now, obviously, this is the early, early part of this storm. there's a lot still to come, and they expect it to be very bad here. they expect this area to flood, and of course, they also are bracing for the high winds and are concerned about this as well. they've been preparing all

weekend long, for the people thatny and around the bay area, specifically, easy for me to say, specifically here in annapolis, they have the annapolis high school open, the red cross has done a sheller there. there are people that are taking advantage of that and are staying there, especially people that live in low lying areas, they're worried about people who have cars in areas that are flood prone. so they have opened up fo city garageso people can park their dollars. a lot of the businesses in and around this area are closed, many of them have done the weather proofing in terms of the sandbags. they've piled them up in front of the door, as high as they can, in hopes of preventing flooding, and for the most part, people are staying in and just heeding the warning, and watching all of the coverage to see things as they come. obviously this is a boating community. we noticed several people come out here this morning to check on their boats. the boats are tied down, some people say they decided to take their boats out of the water. but if you're talking about the essentials in terms of what's

open during the storm, we got steven's hardware on the end there, you can see the lights on. and there's been a few people coming in and out, and of course they're ready to help people any way they can with any supplies that they might need. then really probably the other critical place that's been the most busy is starbucks. which we just happen to be right across the street from. i don't know how that happens. anyway, there's been lots of people going in and out there and asking them, they're like listen, no matter what mother nature brings our way, we need our coffee. they've been going in there, sharing their stories about how they're going to ride out the storm, and talking about, you know, last summer, last august when we were dealing with hurricane irene, how they their that and what they're doing differently this time and really, for the most part, there is not a lot of panic here in annapolis where we are. people are like it's coming, we're ready, we'll deal with the rest then. that's the latest here from annapolis, we don't have much more. we'll leave you with that wonderful shot with the little

girl and her rain boots, and the ducks. don't terrorize the ducks children. >> thanks senator sunshine today. we do have a reminder for you, metro is closed today. that includes all rail, bus, and met access service. the federal government is closed. dc government ofices are also closed, and so are mescals across the region. for a full list of closures, go to myfoxdc.com, we're also running the closures on the top of your screen. airlines servicing reagan national and dulles international airports canceled most flights for the day. they've canceled the flights. others plan to stay open. they are monitoring things as the storm rolls through. bwi marshall also reported limited operation. passengers are being urged to check their flight status before heading out of the door. all right we ask you stop for a moment to look at your

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hurricane sandy trying to regain some strength before dumping inches of rain on to the east coast, it did regain some strength overnight. the storm's track could be shifting a bit. we're going to check in with tucker in just a few moments. a view of the storm from space shows just how huge it is, cameras on the international space station caught the immense sides last thursday over the bahamas. it's about 400-miles across, do you know how huge that is? 400-miles across, but the hurricane has doubled to 800- miles across. it is effecting up to 60 million people. and sandy is already having a big impact up the east coast. >> the new york stock exchange is closed for the day and that could be extended into tomorrow. also all train, subway, and bus service have been suspended because of the risk of needing, schools as well as all broadway

shows are also closed. the biggest concern there it the tidal surge which could reach up to 11 feet in parts of manhattan. mayor bloomberg ordered nearly 400,000 people to evacuate low lying areas in new jersey, governor chris christie issued evacuation orderers for folks along the coast. board walks and casinos in atlantic city have been empty since yesterday, and we saw in steve's live shot that water was already under the board walk and several dozens yards beyond that into the basements of some of the casino. and this is just the beginning. >> right. >> all right sandy expected to make land fall near delaware. >> that's where we find a reporter live. doug, good morning. >> reporter: good morning guys. and look, look at this water that's just rushing into the board walk here, i walk out on to the beach, gives you an idea of just the force of this, you see this erosion sense here, look, its just been torn apart,

this part of its just been mingled. that's tons of beach erosion all over the place. this is a real concern all up and downtown coast here. this area has been verdict evacuated, mandatory evacuation near the coast. this may be 50,000 people. once you start getting to those massive population centers north of here, we're talking obviously dc, but also when you get up to philadelphia and new york city, new england area, boston, all the sudden it gets very difficult to move those people out of harm's way quickly enough. now the wind speeds here are not terrible, maybe in the 15 to 20-mile an hour range, 25 miles an hour, something like that. once you get offshore, you're talking more like 40, 50 miles an hour. it's going to get worse through the course of the day. combining with high tides because of the full moon, it could be a real mess here through the course of the day. in fact -- >> doug that has deteriorated since we last spoke? the conditions? >> reporter: you know, its

gotten a little bit better to be honest with you. and you know that's just those advance coming through when it gets bad then evens up, right now the wind has come up comedown significantly been the rain let up a little bit. obviously we're going to see this get much worse. and, you know, this is one of those things, it's a marathon, it's not a sprint. this is going to be a long, long process just ginn the size of this storm. >> a longer marathon than usual, all right, doug, thank you. >> reporter: yeah. all right. >> gain, don't be fooled here, if we get a break, because we'll all get breaks at different times today where it seems like not much is happening. that's just the banding effects. it'll hit hard and get a break, hit hard again, 20 minutes, half hour later, don't think it's over just because, you know, you're getting low on the activity. >> let me ask you a question, you've seen the live shots, particularly atlantic city. are you surprised at how much water they have already? >> well we had high tide,

that's a big factor and another at 8:00 tonight. i'm afraid that'll be the worst 8:00 tonight for cities and points to the north of where the storm makes land fall. that's where the worst of the flooding is going to take place along the coastal areas. as we get up into new jersey, probably heard about new york, that'll be the worst of it, not terribly surprised, we thought because of the movement of the storm moving to the west, this would bring unusually high tieds and it looks like it's going to. >> that has been one of the hardest thing, the hallmark of this storm has been we knew about it so far out, so you had all weekend, you're worried about it, today even we're seeing, we're still worried about the worse. the good news is i think people are paying attention to it. >> i think it'll get taken seriously. we'll get through. we've gone through other storms before and we'll clean things up by wednesday. >> halloween. >> by halloween, yeah. >> fortunately they have stopped calling it the frankenstorm. >> i haven't heard that.

mother nature. there's your radar, i want to mention a couple features, pretty good rain rates here right up and down north central maryland, pushing down 95 down to fredericksburg and good rains in the past hour. out to the west, yeah, look at that, the snow machine kicking in into the southwest virginia. they have blizzard warnings out to the west of 2,000 feet, that's where the heaviest will be. when the storm wraps up, maybe two or three feet of snow. that's something i didn't have a whole lot of time to mention. all right, let's push on, i want to show you our next map, and here's the big picture, and your center still about 200- miles through the south and east of atlantic city. and if you look in the last frame there, you're going to see it once again this be eye continues to try to redevelop here, right there, and that tells us the storm is in no hurry to weaken. we would hope it would weaken as we approach land. that's not the case here. 85 with gusts close to 100.

and it looks like it's still on the path into southern portions of new jersey, perhaps the delaware bay some time this evening and do a little stall motion here across southern portions of pennsylvania before it gets pushed in the flow there to the north. so, bottom line, lots of rain for the next several hours and the winds will steadily increase through the day, and the nighttime hours, we too have a decent likelihood of hurricane-forced winds even here in the immediate washington area. typically when we talk about the storms, we talk about the hurricane winds along the coast. it's going to bring us terrible conditions here later. here we are at 4:00, the oranges, this is just a model, we're just modeling what'll happen. i think it's likely we're going to see winds over 50 here. check out at 11:00 tonight, most of the area experiencing winds gusting to 50 plus, 57 plus and that ridge you see, that's hurricane-force winds.

that's winds of 74 plus miles per hour. for a time here, i think later tonight, during the overnight hours, washington points north and north and east. northern part of chesapeake, we are likely to get winds gusting to 75 miles per hour. and this is a new feature just in the last couple hours, the model is suggesting we could see hurricane-forced winds here in washington right down into southern maryland right across the bay along the eastern shore at 3:00 a.m. overnight will be the worst of the wind. things will get better tomorrow, you can see the wind field continues to blow tropical storm winds here even during our tuesday afternoon. 54 today, there are your winds, winds will be steadily increasing through the day. rain will be with us all day. total rain, five to ten inches. all right, that's let's at the forecast, back to you. >> all right sir, thank you very much. fema has activated the search and rescue team. crews are waiting to get word

as to where they may be heading. melanie is live there with the details on that. melanie. >> reporter: good morning, tony, yes the fairfax urban county search and rescue team has been mobilized. they got the word around noon yesterday. they had six hours to get their gear together, get packed and come here where they are waiting to get word from fema where they are going to go. where their skills are going to be most needed to respond to the afteraffect of this storm. we to want direct all of the questions to the captain of the, chief, of the urban search and rescue team. i was impressed, got to get everything together, you don't know where you're going. >> right, we don't know officially where we'll be. we have to mobilize, 80 member time name place here since last night. we're packed up, ready to go and waiting on word from fema. >> reporter: you could stay close, you could go very far? >> yep, we have buss to move

the team around. we've told them we can go anywhere from connecticut to staying right here. the buss are on standby outside the door right now, and team's ready to go, convoy plans depending on where we're going get us over the road. >> reporter: and what sorts of things do you need to bring with you? >> with this type of event, we have obviously flat water capabilities, that's something we normally have with us, we packed that, we have water technicians as well as boat operators with us for this deployment. we have enough gear to handle, there's elements out here, whether it's rain or snow. we have everything. >> reporter: we've come over here to the trucks, this is one of the trucks that would be in a convoy, i'm assuming, i am correct? >> this is one of the box trucks we have. red box you see in there, some of the personal gear on the left, left some of the canine crates for the dogs that are going with us. some of the search equipment is in the other boxes. this truck will get fully

packed out once we get a location. it's all packed on determining what we need off first versus what comes off last >> reporter: you have no idea how long it's going to be. it could be immediate or those that sort of happen later because there's always postflooding. >> right, we plan on team members being gone for 14 dayings. that's what they're packed for. that's what we planned for here in the county. that's what we anticipate any time we go on deployment, 14 days. >> reporter: we're so grateful that fairfax county has a world class search and rescue team. we'll be talking you later. that is the latest from here, back to you guys. >> all right melanie, thank you very much. speaking of rescues, we want to bring you up to date on a story we told you about earlier this morning about a ship, tall ship stranded in the waterers off of the outer banks, hms bounty which is recreation of the bounty ship in the movie mutiny of the bounty. that ship was in danger out at sea with what was reported as

17 people on board. that number has been reduced to 16 people. >> coast guard has rescued 14 of those crew members. two are still missing though. and that tall ship was going from connecticut to st. petersburg, florida, when basically they ran into trouble. the trouble we know is sandy. the good news is there 14 have been rescued. >> continuing to look for those two. g all right, we'll have more on that coming up a little bit later. coming up next though how sandy is impacting the campaign trail and early voting. plus we're going to look at roads around the area and how power crews plan to tackle the expected outages. this is a live shot at route 50 in the ocean city drawbridge. you can see the camera shaking as the winds flop. it's 9:26, we'll be right back. [ earnest ] out of the blue one day,

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terminal. no to do bad right now. we do expect our weather conditions deteriorate through the course of the today. there is no service on metro rail, no metro bus today either. the federal and dc governments closed as most of the schools in the region. check the top of your screen for closings. tucker barnes has been monitoring the storm all morning long, literally. and he's here now with the latest. >> the latest is the storm overnight intensifying. the pressure's lowering, 946- millibars. that's a low pressure for hurricanes this far north. it's still likely here to make land fall later this evening into southern new jersey, maybe the delaware bay, and all the problems we've been talking about for the past several days likely to occur. heavy rain, gusty winds developing later today, and particularly tonight as the storm moves inland and it'll be with us here for most of the tomorrow as well. >> worst case storm i've seen. >> fairly close to worse case. it would be a little worse if

the storm passed just to the south because we'd be on the northern side of it, and what we're seeing up in atlantic city this morning, upwards new york, they're getting worst of the storm surge. we're being spared the worst today. >> but we do want to emphasize, if you're getting up and looking outside, you're saying okay, it's not that bad. we're not in it yet. >> this is around success. we're just raining right now. breezy conditions, we don't have tropical force winds here yet, but we will later this afternoon. and tonight, essential the potential for hurricane-force winds across the area, yeah, that's right, hurricane-forced winds. i mentioned the pressure, its been falling overnight, and that tells us this storm likely to make land fall as a category one hurricane. in fact indication it may strength an little more before it makes land fall later tonight. you can expect this afternoon sustained winds, 30 to 50 miles per hour, then tonight, as that storm passes just to our northeast and gust 60 to 70, and i've got to be honest,

parts of the area could ee hurricane-forced wind gusts, particularly if you're north and northeast. as you gets up towards columbia, 95 towards baltimore. northern part of the bay, you've got the best chance of those hurricane forced winds, but i think by tomorrow, we'll certainly have seen some hurricane-forced winds across parts of the area. rain totals five to ten inches. we have a flood watch. likely water issues and heavy snow out in west virginia, far western maryland. two tootle feet, two to three feet of snow, they've got a blizzard warning in parts of western maryland for little this afternoon and tonight. there's a live look at your radar, pretty good rain rates right now right across central parts of the viewing yay and it's start to fill back in. we're getting a little bit of a break and lauren and ocean city is getting a break about an hour ago. the rain starting to fill back in. as we were talking about earlier, you'll encounter bands of very heavy rain, you'll get a bit of a break, then the rain will start to increase its rates along with the wind.

you gate break, don't be fooled. it just means that we're seeing that tropical nature of event as it seems to unfold. there's a center of circulation pubbing now off to the west, northwest at about 20 miles per hour, that's a big change from overnight, it's making that curve, left hook that we feared. again it looks like land fall somewhere in here later this evening during the overnight hours. that's when the worst winds will start to move in as sandy starts to push inland here overnight tonight. want to show you the spaghetti model and this is very interesting, not necessarily great news, but it's trying to bring the center of the storm right across northern maryland here overnight tonight. if this o curse, again, i think the chances are increased that from washington points north, we will be dealing with some hurricane-forced wind gusts during the overnight hours. then it'll lift off to the north. 26 that's the current wind gust in washington, 28 in annapolis, i just looked down in ocean city, wind gust of 40. winds picking up down to the south and east. buoy just offshore, 55-mile per

hour winds. they're moving in our direction. 54 today your high, chilly, winds knot and west. gusting to 70, not today, but nighttime hours, rain becoming heavy at times, and again flooding will be an issue in addition to the very heavy wind. just a minute guys, back to you guys. >> thank you. of course one of the big concerns for most us is the power. so far, no major outages, but remember, the brunt of the storm hasn't hit us just yet. a live look though right now in northwest dc, pepco is one of dozens utilities up and down the east coast that have asked for assistance in case of widespread outages, pepco asked for 2500 extra workers. they won't know how many will actually come through and be able to help out. >> we have about 400 additional men and women that were committed, came into the property, they are on the property at the fairgrounds as we speak. so we do have out of town crews that are here. we've asked for hundreds more

that are not here, but that's going to depend again on the storm, its effects, and where they're needed most. >> in all, there were over 10,000 crew requests from utility companies up and downtown east coast. officials are waiting for the storm to progress, and then will delegate those crews out to the areas that need them the most. the widespread damage expected from sandy certainly has adults worried, but it is also scaring our kids. so what can you do to help ease your child's fear? hearth season back now with tips, and i just to want say, and i know you have children too, this is effecting me in my home, my son and many of his friends, really have some anxiety about this. one of his counselors at school said many of the kids are feeling this. >> right, when you think about it, it's always on tv, we've been talking about this for a couple of days how bad it's going to be, and what you should do, take cover, this, that, all kinds of different

levels of how bad this storm is going to be. it has a tend city get everybody a little bit nervous and make you kind of freak out about the entire situation. so the question is, what do you do, how do you handle this? how do you talk to your kids about this? joining us by phone with a discussion is dr. robin haste, she's a clinical psychologist, thank you very much for talking with us today. >> thank you. >> all right. first of all, tell me what should parents say to their children. we have talked already, what should parents say to their children when they're being bombarded with this talk about about the immemberring disaster that may come along with this storm? >> well that's right, parents do set the tone when it comes to dealing with the storm. so it's important for parents to stay calm and to calm their own fears. and to convey a sense of control that they are dealing with the storm, and that they are making preparations and taking it seriously. >> and you also talked about some children's activities as well to kind of get their minds off what's going on. tell me about that. >> that's right, well right now

we still have power, so it's a good idea to play some music, maybe turn off some of those weather reports so we're not bombard our children with them -- bombarding our children with them. play music, watch movies. when the power may go off, it's important to have some activities such as reading books, doing some art projects, maybe playing a board game. or even making up a song about weather. >> and that gives them somewhat of a sense of control about what's going on. we also want -- >> that's exactly right. >> we to want discuss a safety plan because, you know, this storm, the reality is it could be dangerous. it's a good idea to have a safety plan in place as well. >> that's right. you do need to take it seriously, and create a safe place in your home for your family. this reachers the child, it reassures the family, and it's a good idea to always have a safety plan such as knowing what room you're going to go

to, where you're going to gather as a family. if the winds kick up or storm gets really intense, also, it's important to give each child, if they're really nervous, create a safety kit for each of your children. give them a flashlight, a bottle of water and a snack, maybe put a book in a bag or some paper and colored pencils. or give them a blank or let them take their favorite toy with them. >> okay doctor, dr. robin height, clinical psychologist, thank you very much. very good information there to help deal with the impending storm that's coming to this area. thank you very much for talking with us. guys, there you go. we appreciate it. there you go, the bottom line from what we're gathering from talking with her is be ready, parent best ready, don't stress your kids out, but just be ready and talk them. have a plan in place and let them know that everything to the best of your ability is going to be okay. >> i like the toy, what she said about the toys, yesterday

my eight-year-old was packing up some, some of her stuffed toys in a little bag. i said, we're going to the store, well i just to want have it. just in case, we're in the car. i'm like okay. you know if it makes you feel more comfortable. >> gives them a security blanket. >> the other thing is don't let them watch all of this. >> right. >> i don't to want watch it all. >> we want people to watch. >> we want everybody to watch at home. >> yes, as much viewers as possible. >> all right. we to want let you know there are three shelters that are now opening or will be opened in montgomery county. we've got the information on that, this is new info at the bottom of your screen, three shelters opening in montgomery county. >> we'll be right back with more weather. stay with us as fox 5 morning news rolls on. president obama: there's just no quit i in america...

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welcome back, it's 9:47, there's one of the latest images that you can see on our weather app. and we remind you that this is now a good time to download the fox 5 weather app so you can follow the storm, get the latest satellite images and all of that. you can do that by, it's free for your iphone androids. >> i was checking it all week, it is a handy tool to have there. it makes you feel like you have control. i would urge you to do that as well. and we also to want see your storm videos, your pictures, make sure though that you are safe when you take those. if you are able to do that, and safely, then please, please share them. right now, let's head downstairs and find out what other resources are available right at your fingertips. sarah simmens has more. >> reporter: as you mentioned, i want to talk a little bit more about the fox 5 weather app. we know how useful it is, it's

the first thing i click on when we have weather. when i get up in the morning just to see what the latest is. now this is what, once you download it, you're going to search dc weather for your smart phone in order to find this app, once you download it, this is the home page you're going to see, obviously you can see right here, hurricane sandy, so it gives you that ability to track it and see where it's going. something fairly new with this weather app is we have a feature that shows the path where the storm has been and then it's going to show you where it's going. several hours from now. so it gives you an hour by hour account of where they estimate the storm is going to be so that will help you plan, you know, for what you need to do, where to take cover and when to take cover. some other useful parts, obviously we have the current weather conditions in the seven day. we're very concerned about what's going on right now. we to want use this as well for folks to help us tell the story

because our crews can not be everywhere, but you can help us show your pictures, your video of your location, and make sure when you send them to us that you let us know where you are. we do have some mys that folks have sent us to. we want to show you right now. this one came to a viewer from north beach, maryland, showing the waves coming in there. we can at least see that the water is coming in further and further. as time goes by. let's now move to another photo we go from someone from virginia. this is a giant there, the shelves just completely empty. i can't tell that what that hadden to. it's just completely gone. it was either water or something of that nature. again, please send in your pictures, you can do that by going up here to, we come back to the weather app to submit, if we could do that, it'll take you through thousand submit a new photo or video. and also you can take a look at the other pictures that have been coming in by going to our gallery there. also we will be posting and have been posting video, our

video, weather forecast, tucker and gwen's forecast that be thank can give you an up to date especially if you don't have your tv available right now, as long as you're a smart phone charged, your tablet's charged, this is something you can take a look at and see those forecasts. also, we're going to be blogging on here, we have been throughout the morning, this is our twitter feed, fox 5 weather if you follow us there on twitter. this is constantly being posted here. you can also see just what those are as well. keep it tuned right here, fox 5 weather app, download it, it's very useful. we use it ourselves every day. back to you. >> okay sarah, thank you so much. live team coverage in the district, maryland, virginia, and delaware. >> tucker's back with the fight to pickup strength ahead. time now, 9:51. , 9:51. 

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with what's the late west sandy, gwen. >> well not much of an update except it is, it has increased in speed and also in intensified a little bit more. you can expect torrential rain and gusty winds. we've been talking about this all morning, high wind morning until tuesday morning. we expect to see those winds gusting in excess of 65 miles an hour or so. coastal flood warning in effect that through until wednesday. and we also to the far west have a blizzard warning. that's today 4:00 p.m. until wednesday 8:00 a.m. in the morning. that's because snow it pushing its way through areas of the west. into the panhandle of west virginia, six to 12-inches generally. in the higher elevations we wouldn't be surprised to see 18 to 20-inches of snowfall with this. gusty winds through here, gusting up to 60 miles per hour, and that is setting the area up for those blizzard-like conditions. visibility certainly not in any way that you should be on the

roads at all. snow and gusty winds, far west over the higher elevations, the blizzard warning, we're talking heavy wet snow here. once again six to 12 possible and even more with those winds gusting up to 60 miles an hour. we're looking for rain, eight to ten inches. wouldn't be surprised if isolated amounts of up to 12 inches are seen. six to eight to the north of once and that's going to cause an awful lot of flooding as well as storm surge as well as because the winds and the rain, it's going to be absolutely really, really bad. allison and tony, back to you. >> gwen, thank you. all right, we want to thank you for joining us at 9:00. sarah and wisdom are back after the break with more live coverage of hurricane sandy. we are keeping our eyes on sandy this morning. a lot more coverage is ahead. we will also have tips to conserve your cell phone power. should your power go out. we'll be right back with more coverage right now it's 9:56. o

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